Alphabets of Africa

CHAD

TEDA (NILO-SAHARAN)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivi

P

/b/

b

N

t

/d/

d, d

/tf/

c

/cfe/

J

IkJ

k

/£/

9

/m/

m

M

n

/p/

ny

/o/

g

/i/

i

III

e

hi

e

kl

E

/a/
/a/

/v/
/s/
I2J

ly

III

lYl
M
N
Ihl
M

lyl

lul
Ivl
hi
lol

c

s

d

z, zz

e

§

e

8

V

3

g

f

r

9

u

t

h

i

w

i

y

k
1

m

n

u

ny

5

u

agaso

bibi

CDmor

dobono

ebeo

dele

kEyekeye

srdi

furaka

gudu

yagabi

herdar

tihi

jirede

kara

lowi

muzoar

noniE

nyeli

gusi

owoni

omsri

dsdI

topar

rar)"r

salka

ser

tidt

budi

V ovsn

w wDbo

y yer

z zamar

saber

to spoil

rabbit

song

needle

single person

softly

enemy

button

necklace

house

harvest

cinder

honest

hippopotamus

knife

thorny

region

to rain

yesterday

community

husband

silver bracelet

to sharpen

to lift up

chain

debt

to go

much, many

straw

air

to give

to come back

ALPHABET

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Published by UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar (D1<£DA)
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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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